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title: By what method did the Stork retrieve the Scarecrow from the river? — Wizard of Oz, The Deadly Poppy Field,… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what method did the Stork retrieve the Scarecrow from the river? Exam question 3 of lesson 1594 «Wizard of Oz, The Deadly Poppy Field, part 9: raft drifts off, Scarecrow stranded, Stork rescues him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 3 · Wizard of Oz, The Deadly Poppy Field, part 9: raft drifts…

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By what method did the Stork retrieve the Scarecrow from the river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Stork · **What happens:** retrieve · **To what, where:** Scarecrow, river

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1594 «Wizard of Oz, The Deadly Poppy Field, part 9: raft drifts off, Scarecrow stranded, Stork rescues him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1594-pg55-part9/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1594-pg55-part9:e3:1
# text = By what method did the Stork retrieve the Scarecrow from the river?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Stork	Stork	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retrieve** | past · do-support | the Stork | the Scarecrow |  | the river |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent scarecrow=Theme from river=Source |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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by grasping his arm with her claws and flying him to shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1594-pg55-part9:e3:o1:1
# text = by grasping his arm with her claws and flying him to shore
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grasping	grasp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grasp** | gerund |  | his arm |  |  |  | with her claws | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent arm=Experiencer with claw=Instrument |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | shore |  |  | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to shore=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by lifting his straw with her wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1594-pg55-part9:e3:o2:1
# text = by lifting his straw with her wings
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | gerund |  | his straw |  |  |  | with her wings | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent straw=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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by grasping his arm with her claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1594-pg55-part9:e3:o3:1
# text = by grasping his arm with her claws
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grasping	grasp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grasp** | gerund |  | his arm |  |  |  | with her claws | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent arm=Experiencer with claw=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by reaching down with her claws and lifting him from the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1594-pg55-part9:e3:o4:1
# text = by reaching down with her claws and lifting him from the water
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with her claws; down *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lift** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme from water=Destination |

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